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Kansas Secretary State Kris Kobach isnt pulling any punches after 200 or so immigration reform supporters showed up at his Wyandotte County house Saturday when he wasnt there.
Its important we recognize theres a reason we have the Second Amendment, he told a Fox News journalist. There are situations like this where you have a mob and you do need to be able to protect yourself.
In other words, Kobach sounds as if he would have been ready to shoot if someone had gotten out of hand, although its important to note that no one did (as the video in the Fox News link indicates).
Kobach was responding to a protest put together with the help of Sunflower Community Action; here is information from the group about why it did what it did over the weekend.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/17/4298150/kobach-issues-alarming-gun-threat.html#storylink=cpy
rdharma
(6,057 posts)The errrp derrrp is strong in that boy!
demwing
(16,916 posts)It wasn't a "mob" - it was a peaceful protest. Anyone that doesn't understand the difference doesn't understand the 1st Amendment, and shouldn't be allowed to hold public office.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)They left shoes on his porch.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Does this play well with Kobach's party base in Kansas?
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)His base is the far right.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)In what dream world does he think a gun is going to protect him from a violent mob of two hundred people? Not that this was any such thing, mind you. But his use of the situation as an argument for the 2A is idiotic on it's face.